/** * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27591313/how-to-restrict-number-of-characters-in-a-phrase-in-pdf */ package sandbox.objects; import com.itextpdf.text.Chunk; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Font; import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.BaseFont; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.draw.LineSeparator; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.draw.VerticalPositionMark; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class UnderlineParagraphWithTwoParts { public static final String DEST = "results/objects/underline_paragraph_with_two_parts.pdf"; public static final Chunk GLUE = new Chunk(new VerticalPositionMark()); public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new UnderlineParagraphWithTwoParts().createPdf(DEST); } public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest)); document.open(); BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.COURIER, BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED); float charWidth = bf.getWidth(" "); int charactersPerLine = 101; float pageWidth = document.right() - document.left(); float fontSize = (1000 * (pageWidth / (charWidth * charactersPerLine))); fontSize = ((int)(fontSize * 100)) / 100f; Font font = new Font(bf, fontSize); String string2 = "0123456789"; for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) string2 = string2 + string2; addParagraphWithTwoParts1(document, font, "0123", string2); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 1")); addParagraphWithTwoParts2(document, font, "0123", string2); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 1")); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 1")); addParagraphWithTwoParts1(document, font, "012345", string2); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 2")); addParagraphWithTwoParts2(document, font, "012345", string2); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 2")); addParagraphWithTwoParts1(document, font, "0123456789012345", string2); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 3")); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 3")); addParagraphWithTwoParts2(document, font, "0123456789012345", string2); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 3")); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 3")); addParagraphWithTwoParts1(document, font, "012", "0123456789"); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 4")); addParagraphWithTwoParts2(document, font, "012", "0123456789"); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 4")); addParagraphWithTwoParts1(document, font, "012345", "01234567890123456789"); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 5")); addParagraphWithTwoParts2(document, font, "012345", "01234567890123456789"); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 5")); addParagraphWithTwoParts1(document, font, "0", "01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789"); document.add(new Paragraph("Test 6")); addParagraphWithTwoParts2(document, font, "0", "01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789"); document.close(); } public void addParagraphWithTwoParts1(Document document, Font font, String string1, String string2) throws DocumentException { if (string1 == null) string1 = ""; if (string1.length() > 10) string1 = string1.substring(0, 10); Chunk chunk1 = new Chunk(string1, font); if (string2 == null) string2 = ""; if (string1.length() + string2.length() > 100) string2 = string2.substring(0, 100 - string1.length()); Chunk chunk2 = new Chunk(string2, font); Paragraph p = new Paragraph(); p.add(chunk1); p.add(GLUE); p.add(chunk2); LineSeparator line = new LineSeparator(); line.setOffset(-2); p.add(line); document.add(p); } public void addParagraphWithTwoParts2(Document document, Font font, String string1, String string2) throws DocumentException { if (string1 == null) string1 = ""; if (string1.length() > 10) string1 = string1.substring(0, 10); if (string2 == null) string2 = ""; if (string1.length() + string2.length() > 100) string2 = string2.substring(0, 100 - string1.length()); Paragraph p = new Paragraph(string1 + " " + string2, font); LineSeparator line = new LineSeparator(); line.setOffset(-2); p.add(line); document.add(p); } }